"Thank you all for your supportive messages. For anyone who loves football, the hardest thing is not to be on the pitch. Now it's time to recover properly to come back. A big hug," Messi wrote on his official Facebook page.

Messi faces a race against time to be fit for the first Clasico of the season, with Barca traveling to the Santiago Bernabeu to face Real Madrid on Nov. 22.

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